Why They Beat Us

[Buxtehude]

This is true, we need to get out and press the flesh.



Why They Beat Us
by: Todd Smyth
Sun Jun 25, 2006 at 20:17:24 PM MDT
(Democrats, pay attention to this. We can't win if we don't play! - promoted by Lowell)



A picture is worth a thousand words but I'll add a few just to reinforce the point. Republican campaigns do many things we don't like. They lie and cheat every chance they get but their state and local parties set up tables at community events and reach out to voters, sign up volunteers, register new voters and raise visibility and awareness for their candidates. Rain or shine, Republicans are at every community event, building their party.


http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E6C8C904A924A5D6A3D76B1DB851851E?diaryId=3250

[Selatius]

1. That's false. They beat us because they didn't count the votes

In Mexico, they didn't count the votes. Obrador didn't concede. He's fighting instead. He took a different approach than what happened in the US. Our leaders conceded.

[Buxtehude]

5. I wont argue that

but this time we have to be armed and ready. Lock and Load!

[Emit]

2. In my community, the Dems are everywhere

We're out in force, and have been for some time. This summer, we are out registering voters at all events that will allow us. I hardly ever see the Repubs, unless you count the five or so that protested when Michael Moore came to talk at our university in '04.

[Buxtehude]

6. Where do you live?

I'm moving.LOL

[Emit]

10. Nevada. Where are you?

We're taking a page from Dean and doing a lot of grassroots here, building from the groundup -- although we've been working up to it for some time now, some of us since '04 or before. Heck, we even walked in our local July 4th parade -- a big crowd of Dems -- and the Repugs were no where to be found there with the exception of a couple of candidates. We sang "This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land..." We were cheered, too.

If it can be done in Nevada -- a grassroots effort to build up a coalition of Dems to get other Dems to vote, it can be done elsewhere. This is a good 'ol boy purple state, but we plan to turn it blue.

Are you in contact with your local Dem party headquarters?

This recent article was posted earlier here at DU about Dean's goal, btw: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060716/24dems.htm

[Buxtehude]

12. Kentucky

they still believe Bush is the second coming of Christ here.

[Joe Fields]

3. You are so right! Why are we dems so afraid to admit that we need...

to steal a few pages from the republican play book?

[Buxtehude]

7. We have to play it better than they do n/t

[Buxtehude]

4. the link

didn't copy well but if you'll copy and paste the link in your browser, then put your curser at the semicolon, and back space one, it will come up

[ourbluenation]

8. They're pretty good at getting elected, but suck at governing.

Good at the grass roots thing but, I think they cheated in 2000 and 2004. I think we have a leg up on them in terms of the interent though...

[LA lady]

9. You're right

My daughter drags me to every litle parish crafts show and festival. They are always there, registering, campaigning, LYING.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

11. That's right! I saw this aticle on the News one time where they showed

meeting somebody in person is 14X more likely to get a vote. Sorry everyone but email and the rest is a waste of time!

[Buxtehude]

13. You have to shake 100.000 hands

to get 50,000 votes or something like that. The street is where the election is won.